Virtua Cop 2
| Virtua Cop 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Sega AM2 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Wataru Kawashima |
| Producer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Composer(s) | Hideaki Miyamoto |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Saturn, Windows, Dreamcast |
| Release |
Arcade
Windows Dreamcast
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| Genre(s) | Rail shooter |
| Mode(s) | single player, multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Sega Model 2 |
| Display |
Raster, standard resolution horizontal orientation |
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| Publication | Score |
| Next Generation |
  (Arcade) |
Virtua Cop 2 is a light gun arcade game, released in 1995 and developed internally at Sega by their AM2 studio. It was ported to home systems on the Sega Saturn in 1996. It was released on PC in 1997 and Sega Dreamcast in 2000. It was later bundled with Virtua Cop in Virtua Cop: Elite Edition for PlayStation 2 in 2002.
This game was known as Virtua Squad 2 for the North American PC release.
The game was succeeded by Virtua Cop 3.
The game features three levels through which the player's movement is automated on a predetermined path, but not after they encounter road signs they must shoot down, indicating branching paths. It is the player's job to shoot the criminals that appear before time runs out and they shoot back. Along the way there will be various objects in the background that can be broken if shot, some of which will reveal power ups afterwards. At the end of each level there is a boss battle, as well as one extra final boss battle after all three levels have been finished.
A combat training simulator, known as the “Proving Ground" simulates a variety of life-threatening situations. Each Proving Ground stage is designed to simulate a hostile urban environment thronging with enemies. The goal of each stage is to blast through the crowd of thugs while hunting down and taking out the rival player.
Michael "Rage" Hardy and James "Smarty" Cools shut down the E.V.I.L Inc. criminal empire. Three of its leaders, King, Boss, and Kong are all in the maximum security federal pen. The final, fourth member of the E.V.I.L Inc. gang, international terrorist Joe Fang is believed to have been killed in a helicopter crash, though his body was never found. After the downfall of E.V.I.L Inc., a comprehensive investigation of their black market and gun-running activities was launched in the Virtua City bank. Meanwhile, the Virtua City Police Special Investigations Unit got a new member in the shape of Janet Marshall, an expert in criminal psychology profiling.
The vice-president of the Virtua City Bank is killed in shady circumstances that are only officially termed accidental. And the swollen accounts of the now-defunct E.V.I.L Syndicate, which he had been suspected of laundering, are emptied overnight. The missing funds amount to more than the GNP of most small countries.
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